Shloka 10

ब्रह्मनारायणस्तवः — शिवस्य प्रभवत्व-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

नमो नदीनां प्रभवे नदानां प्रभवे नमः महौषधीनां प्रभवे वृक्षाणां प्रभवे नमः

Transliteration

namo nadīnāṃ prabhave nadānāṃ prabhave namaḥ mahauṣadhīnāṃ prabhave vṛkṣāṇāṃ prabhave namaḥ

Translation

Salutations to the Source of rivers; salutations to the Source of streams. Salutations to the Source of great healing herbs; salutations to the Source of trees.

Word by Word

• namo/namaḥ: salutations

• nadīnām: of rivers

• prabhave: to the source/origin (the One from whom they arise)

• nadānām: of streams/river-currents

• mahauṣadhīnām: of great medicinal herbs

• vṛkṣāṇām: of trees

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a hymn of praise within the Linga Purana’s Shaiva frame)